Allan Harvey Ferguson Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 50546
2Lt Allan H Ferguson, 398BG
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14224
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36759594
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17156339
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois | 30 March 1924 | Son of Allan Harvey Sr and Barbara M [Mason] Ferguson. |
Other Killed in action |
Pilsen, Czech | 25 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14224 |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 25 April 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Skokie, Cook County, IL | Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Skokie, Cook County, Illinois |
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 14224 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14224, mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld p.185 and 398th BG web site.